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Film · 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
2h 4mDirected by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Drama
Without mercy, man is like a beast.
In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.
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Cast
Kinuyo TanakaTamaki- Yoshiaki HanayagiZushiô
Kyōko KagawaAnju
Eitarō ShindōSanshô dayû
Ichirō SugaiMinister of Justice
Bontarō MiakeKichiji- Yōko KozonoKohagi
Chieko NaniwaUbatake- Kikue MōriPriestess
- Ken MitsudaPrime Minister Fujiwara
Masao ShimizuMasauji Taira
Ryōsuke KagawaRitsushi Kumotake
Details
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writer
- Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda
- Music
- Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Kanahichi Odera
- Cinematography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Editor
- Mitsuzō Miyata
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata
- Release
- March 31, 1954
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Daiei Film
- TMDB score
- 8.1 / 10 from 444 votes
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